John II of Cyprus

John II of Cyprus (16 May 1418-28 July 1458) was King of Cyprus from 29 June 1432 to 28 July 1458, succeeding Janus of Cyprus and preceding Charlotte of Cyprus.

Biography
John was born on 16 May 1418, the son of Janus of Cyprus and Charlotte of Bourbon, Queen of Cyprus. He married Amadea Palaiogina of Montferrat, the daughter of John Jacob of Montferrat, and he later remarried to Helena Palaiogina. John's only legitimate child was Charlotte of Cyprus, while the future James II of Cyprus was his bastard son. In 1448, his last Anatolian stronghold of Korykos was lost to the Karamanids, and he died in 1458, leaving his daughter as the new Queen of Cyprus.